SA citizens left stranded on cold tarmac and some dumped at shocking quarantine site
A GROUP of South Africans who were repatriated, mostly from the US, were left stranded and trapped on the cold OR Tambo Airport tarmac for about five hours without quarantine accommodation.
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THE court application by the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) to set aside the government&rsquo;s decision to ban the sale of cigarettes during Level 4 of the Covid-19 lockdown is set to be opposed by the State.
According to the government, while the association&rsquo;s application...
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The party says closures have occurred in Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal and the Western Cape.
The Democratic Alliance claims many home affairs offices across the country have been closed either due to a shortage of personal protective equipment or Covid-19 infections.
Home affairs offices are supposed to re...
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The NPA says the warrant of arrest for Zuma will be stayed until 23 June.
Former president Jacob Zuma&rsquo;s corruption trial has been postponed to 23 June, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Wednesday.
The spokesperson of the NPA in KZN Natasha Kara said in a statement: &ldquo;By agreement, all parties have c...
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Police say the trio was allegedly armed and after taking a substantial amount of money fled the scene in a white Nissan bakkie.
Police have launched a manhunt for three alleged robbers who are believed to be armed following a robbery of a post office at Kutama Village near Louis Trichardt, Limpopo.
Police spokesperson Brigad...
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The company controls almost 80% of the local cigarette market and has been vocal about the effects of illegal sales on the economy.
British American Tobacco South Africa (Batsa) has said it has decided not to pursue legal action against the government over the ban on cigarette sales.
&ldquo;We have taken the decision not to ...
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PHARMACEUTICAL retailer Dis-Chem has accused the Competition Commission of deliberately trying to humiliate it as it appeared before the Competition Tribunal yesterday to answer allegations that it inflated prices for Covid-19 essential items by more than 250%.
Dis-Chem&rsquo;s referral for prosecu...
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An inquest docket has been opened to confirm the cause of their death.
Police in Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape are investigating the death of a man and a woman suspected to have died after drinking homemade beer.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Mohale Ramatseba said: &ldquo;It is alleged a 42-year-old woman was found dead ...
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The department is still tackling problems experienced at Lepelle Northern Water in Limpopo.
Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, has placed the Amatola Water Board in the Eastern Cape under administration after it was rocked by numerous cases of irregular expenditure.
Last week the minister me...
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The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association is asking the court to lift the ban on cigarette sales, arguing that the regulations are &ldquo;inexplicable&rdquo; and a violation of their right to trade and smokers&rsquo; right to exercise their freedoms.
After weeks of toing and froing, the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Associatio...
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The president has made a plea to South Africans to continue to abide by the lockdown regulations amid a rising sense of frustration in many quarters.In his weekly letter to the nation on Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa defended government&rsquo;s decision to impose a harsh lockdown on South Africans, which included a decision to continue with a ban on tobacco sales after Ramaphosa initi...
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